Even in a world where our Supreme Court offers "a new perspective, new insight" on questions of sexual and gender differences, some students still are estranged from their families due to their sexual orientation or gender identity -- students who would be forced to drop out of school without help.

While we know and recognize Indiana University as a learning institution capable of providing an excellent education, we must accept that Indiana University is also an employer only willing to provide to their employees just that which they can get away with.

All of the 2K Sports Classic teams: Alabama, Oregon State, Purdue and Villanova will need to improve to finish in the top half of their respective conferences. Oregon State was set back by the season-ending knee injury to starting center Angus Brandt.

Sadly, it's been four decades since IU had a share of the Big Ten football championship and went to the Rose Bowl and even then it was only because of a somewhat outdated Big Ten rule that disallowed Purdue to go.

Smaller institutions can give us lessons about how to stimulate, strengthen and substantiate the values that reside in true community. I think we need to know more about what they do and how they do it.